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Agathosthenes (Ἀγαθοσθένης) was a Greek historian or philosopher of uncertain date, who is referred to by Tzetzes as his authority in matters connected with geography. There is mention of a work of Agathosthenes called "Asiatica Carmina", where some writers read the name "Aglaosthenes"; for Aglaosthenes or Aglosthenes, who is by some considered to be the same as Agathosthenes, wrote a work on the history of Naxos, of which nothing remains, but which was much used by ancient writers.

References

1. Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Agathosthenes", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, p. 66, archived from the original on 2011-05-14, retrieved 2008-05-06{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
2. John Tzetzes, ad Lycophron 704, 1021. Chil. vii. 645
3. Germanicus, in Arat. Phaen. 24
4. Thomas Gale, Notae in Parthen. p. 125, &c.
5. Hyginus, Poeticon astronomicon ii, 16
6. Eratosthenes, Catasterismi ii. 27
7. Pollux, ix. 83
8. Athen. iii. p. 78
9. Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia iv. 22

Sources

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Agathosthenes". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

External links

• Agathostenes (Aglaosthenes Historicus) in The Perseus Catalog

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